The C4K students that I had this month were Leni and Nahea, of the Pt England School in New Zealand, which is project-based and structured to keep the students in a cycle that leads them learn without a lot of moving around. In Leni’s class, the assignment was to draw up math problems, answer them, and then test his fellow students on. He was very precise and had all of his answers right. He used links and tables to make his blog tech savvy. This method gives students a chance to lead and follow, which allows them to assess and evaluate one another’s work. The PBL structure that his teacher uses is working miracles with the way he learns and he is very focused and having lots fun with that method.
Nahea attends the same school and benefits from the PBL method of learning as well. Her assignment I commented on was about eating healthy foods. The literacy learning process that they use allows for students like Nahea to start a project that follows one task after the other until it is completed. Nahea’s blog required her to write a story using correct sentence composition, say it on video, post it online, and place it in her blog. She did a great job on the assignment, which only motivates me to do better and learn much more about creating quality blogs.
It has really been a lot of fun looking into the way that younger students are using PBL. They are way ahead many of their peers and actually are happy. This means less problems and more learning, which is good for everyone. Doing the C4K comments has also shown me how important it is to keep up with technology, because students deserve it and we are obligated to give them the tools they will need to be successful in the future.
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